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Paul W. "Scottie" Scott, a retired Maryland Transit Administration bus driver who was an ardent collector of Motown music and artifacts that earned him the sobriquet of "Mr. Motown," died Friday of bladder cancer at Good Samaritan Hospital. He was 78. Born to working-class parents in Baltimore, Paul Wesley Scott was raised in East Baltimore, where he graduated in 1953 from Dunbar High School. He joined the Navy in the mid-1950s, serving as a steward. "During his brief leaves, he loved to party to the sounds of Etta James, Ray Charles, Clyde McPhatter, Sam Cooke, the Coasters, Tina Turner, Otis Redding, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Billie Holiday, the Temptations, and the list goes on and on," said Sherrell Claiborne, a granddaughter, who lives in Owings Mills.

The forthcoming Belvedere Square restaurant from Woodberry Kitchen owner Spike Gjerde has a name: Shoo-Fly . First announced in May, the "farmhouse diner" is being readied for a mid-September opening in the free-standing building that was formerly Crush, according to Gjerde. Shoo-Fly will share its 5,000-square-foot space with Gjerde's burgeoning canning and preservation operations, which are currently housed at Woodberry Kitchen . Details of the opening and operations were confirmed by Patrick "Opie" Crooks , who has been hired as the new restaurant's chef de cuisine.

Joe Shatus' mother died Saturday morning, June 22, the same day that his father died 31 years earlier. Late that afternoon, the retired fundraiser, 67, sat at a patio table outside the market at Belvedere Square. There, 30 people, young and old and from around the region, had gathered for the Baltimore area's first "Death Cafe," a frank, 90-minute discussion with strangers about death and the issues surrounding it. When it ended, Shatus reflected on a day that started with a death in the family and ended with an organized talk about the end of life and the meaning of it all. "It's just strange," said Shatus, of south Baltimore, whose mother, Rose, died of natural causes in hospice care at age 96. "It's kind of reassuring in a way. No one wants to talk about (death)

Spike Gjerde is coming to Belvedere Square. The Woodberry Kitchen owner has signed a lease for the multi-level restaurant space that has been vacant since Crush closed in November. His Belvedere Square project, Gjerde said, will be part canning kitchen and part diner. Gjerde said he will bring Woodberry Kitchen 's canning and preserving operations up to the Belvedere Square space, which was a Hess shoe store before its conversion into a restaurant space. "I love Belvedere Square," Gjerde said.

Spike Gjerde is coming to Belvedere Square. Gjerde will move his Woodberry Kitchen's canning and preserving operations into the Belvedere Square restaurant space that was most recently Crush. There is no firm opening date for Gjerde's new project at Belvedere Square, which will include what he described as a "small diner" operation in addition to the canning kitchen. A representative from Cross Street Partners, the property management company for Belvedere Square, confirmed that Gjerde has signed a lease for the space.

Wedding date: April 6, 2013 Her story: Jamie Crumpler, 33, grew up in Bel Air. She is an executive assistant for Constellation in Baltimore. Her father, James, works for BGE and her mother, Teresa, is a stay-at-home mom. His story: Chris Kalck, 36, grew up in Fallston. He is a program analyst with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Woodlawn. His parents, Lawrence and Geraldine, are recently retired. Their story: Jamie and Chris met while they were students at Fallston High School.

Pietro "Pete" Rugolo, the popular owner of Jerry's Belvedere Tavern on York Road in Govans, died May 8 at Gilchrist Hospice Care of pancreatic cancer. The Lutherville resident was 75. Mr. Rugolo grew up in Enna, Sicily, where he stopped attending school after the fifth grade. In 1965 he fell in love with Beatrice Varelli, a woman he had known since childhood; she had returned to Sicily after living a while in America. The two married in 1966 and moved to Baltimore the next year. She worked as a seamstress at Lebow Brothers and Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. He worked as a heavy equipment mechanic at Marocco Construction in Towson.

Tribeca Coffee is open in Mid-Town Belvedere. "We are here!" said owner James Jeon. Jeon said he wants to attract students from the nearby campuses of the University of Baltimore and the Maryland Institute, College of Art. He also wants to draw in coffee enthusiasts and develop some new ones, too. You can tell Jeon's serious. He's brought in beans from PT's Roasting Co. of Topeka, Kan. and he's invested in top-notch equipment like a Mahlkonig grinder, a Synesso espresso maker and a Diedrich roaster for in-house roasting.

The Potbelly Sandwich Shop on Charles and Biddle streets that passersbys have been gaping at is opening Tuesday. Potbelly, which promotes itself as a "mealtime hangout spot," has existing Baltimore locations in the Inner Harbor and Downtown West as well ones in Towson, Annapolis and Hanover. The Midtown-Belvedere store is at 1201 N. Charles St. It will be open Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. For information call 443-278-8752 or go to potbelly.com And on March 26, another Potbelly will open in Charles Village , on the corner of St. Paul and Biddle streets.